The military religious order of the Knights of St. John, the Hospitalars, used silver trays, utensils, and medical instruments for their patients as early as the Crusades for their antiseptic properties, even thought they didn't know about germs. They just knew that it helped to prevent infections and diseases.
The whole anti-bacterial thing must be from the 19th century way after baroque and rococo tho
The military religious order of the Knights of St. John, the Hospitalars, used silver trays, utensils, and medical instruments for their patients as early as the Crusades for their antiseptic properties, even thought they didn't know about germs. They just knew that it helped to prevent infections and diseases.
How NOT to hold a knife..
Stainless steel made this obsolete